Elmer Smith Station has 6 groundwater monitoring wells, 5 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between February 08, 2017 and November 07, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of boron, molybdenum, lithium, thallium, chromium, selenium, cobalt, sulfate, radium and arsenic.
Site descriptionElmer Smith Station was a 445-MW capacity coal-fired facility owned by Owensboro Municipal Utilities in Owensboro, Kentucky next to the Ohio River in Daviess County. The facility was first opened in 1964 and officially retired in June 2020. Elmer had three ash ponds regulated under the federal coal ash rule. This area is less than 10 acres in size.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about the Elmer Smith Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.